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Disturbing. I'll be keeping a close eye on you for signs of megalomania from now on. :-)

• cromwellian 13y ago
  I'm trying to reclaim the name for positive associations. Many people don't even know how Oliver Cromwell was, I've even encountered British people who didn't know the history. Anyway, there's actor James Cromwell. We need to band together and overcome the negative association with the good ole' Lord Protector. (My grandfather used to tell me that he traced our ancestry and supposedly we are closely/directly descended, but I don't buy it. On the other hand, 23andme localized my ancestral DNA pretty strongly to the UK)
  • barking 13y ago
    He was held responsible for a massacre 5 miles from where I was born. I did a school project on it and stood in a stone tower room where local women and children had gone for refuge but were discovered and slaughtered. Even closer to home was a spot where as Cromwell's army passed a man stood looking at them. His behaviour was viewed as impudent and he was summarily hanged. As a small kid he was the devil incarnate to me. Since then my view has become a lot less black and white but it's hard to shake off childhood associations entirely.
    • cromwellian 13y ago
      His statue is still in front of the House of Commons though, I think. I found that sort of strange, like having a statue of Hitler in front of the Reichstag or other government buildings. The story I was told growing up that he was hated so much when he died, they dug up his body and desecrated it.